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Lawmakers feeding pet projects

Bacon comes home to every corner of the Commonwealth

By Matt Viser
Globe Staff / July 4, 2008

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One item calls for $200,000 to be disbursed to the Boston Symphony Orchestra so the renowned group can renovate and repair Tanglewood. There is $25,000 in state taxpayer money to pay for the town of Halifax to have its 275th anniversary next July Fourth. There's enough to cover a merry-go-round in Holyoke, a ballfield in Fitchburg, and new seats at ... (Full article: 888 words)

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